Reach the Peaks Plein Air Painting Reception

Canvas and color will invade the Hanging Rock State Park Visitors Center on Friday, October 17, as the Reach the Peaks Plein Air Painting Reception will take place from 5:30pm to 8pm
at the Visitors Center, 1790 Hanging Rock Park Road in Danbury.
Sponsored by the Stokes County Arts Council and Friends of the Sauratown
Mountains, the exhibit will feature artwork completed by the Triad
Outdoor Painters Group during the Reach the Peaks Hiking Challenge held
on September 27.

The exhibit will include original paintings of familiar Hanging Rock
landmarks by Triad Outdoor Painter artists Carole Bryant, Anne Kiefaber,
Dolly Manion, Andrea Morrison, Amy Queen, Craig Richards, and George
Walker. Triad Outdoor Painters began in 2010 when artists attending a
Heiner Hertling workshop desired to continue painting together. The
charter members were primarily oil painters who enjoyed painting in the
open air, but the membership has evolved to include artists working in a
variety of media. Today, Triad Outdoor Painters only unifying factor
is the desire to create works of art and to be supportive of one another
through the process, appreciating a diversity of styles, media and
skill levels.

The October 17
reception will also introduce a new gallery artwork display system
located in the park’s Visitors Center Auditorium. “Our goal for the new
display system is for visitors to Hanging Rock State Park to experience
the artistic beauty of the mountains, river, flora, and fauna as seen
through the eyes of Stokes County artists” stated Stokes Arts Director
Eddy McGee.

The exhibit will be on display through the end of November, with net
proceeds from the sale of the paintings supporting Triad Outdoor
Painters, Friends of the Sauratown Mountains, and the Stokes County Arts
Council.

The exhibit and reception on October 17 are free and open to the public.